Under Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) SDT Cleveland Meeting Draft Notes

Monday March 21st, 12:00 – 5:00 ET

Tuesday March 22nd, 8:00 – 2:00 ET

Meeting Information / Under Frequency Load Shedding(UFLS) SDT
Date and Time / MondayMarch 21st, 12:00 – 5:00 ET
Tuesday March 22nd, 8:00 – 2:00 ET
Hotel / Marriott Cleveland Airport
Hotel Address / 4277 W 150th St
Hotel City / Cleveland, OH. 44135
Hotel Phone / 216-252-5333
Notes / A group of 6rooms will be held for the night of March 21st. Attendees must call central reservations at 216/252-5333 and mention the block of rooms under ReliabilityFirst. The rooms are being held at the rate of $139.00 plus taxwith a cutoff date of March 14th. A continental breakfast will be served on March 22nd and lunch will be served on March 21st and 22nd. Please note that the lunch on March 21st with be served in the hotel restaurant. If you wish to eat lunch on March 21st, please meet at the hotel restaurant at 12:00. There is also a complimentary shuttle service from the airport.
Contact / Company / Email / Phone
Mark Kuras (Chair) / PJM / / 610-666-8924
Jim Summers (Vice Chair)* / PHI Holdings, Inc. / / 302-454-4137
James B. Lewis / Consumers Energy / / 517-788-5810
Eric M. Mortenson / Exelon / / 630-576-6898
Art Buanno / RFC / / 330-247-3442
Joseph Springhetti / We Energies / / 262-544-7132
Bob Berglund* / RFC Compliance / / 330-580-8010
Anthony Jablonski / RFC Standards / / 330-247-3054
Rob O’Keefe / AEP / rjo' / 614-552-1658
Scott Sells* / FERC
Barb Nutter / NERC
Sam Ciccone / FE
  1. Welcome and Attendance

Tony welcomed the team and attendance was taken. Tony reviewed the agenda and the task at hand for the meeting. Tony noted that this standard was discussed at the March 3rd RFC Board meeting and there was concern about the possibility of having both a NERC UFLS and RFC UFLS standard in front of the Commission at the same time. Tony indicated that the RFC UFLS SDT was meeting on March 21stand 22ndto go through the RFC standard and remove all duplicative requirements. Tony also indicated that he would recommend to the SDT that we should wait for requesting approval until the Commission acts on the NERC standard (to see if any directives comes out of the FERC order).

  1. Review Anti-Trust

Tony reviewed the Anti-Trust statement.

  1. Review and discuss the RFC vs. NERC mapping document (PRC-006-RFC-01_Comparison_Document_Template.XLS). Determine which requirements are duplicative or less stringent than the NERC requirements and modify the standard accordingly.

The SDT (led by Rob) reviewed each of the existing 18 requirements in the RFC standard and compared it to the NERC UFLS standard requirements. Through the review, a number of requirements were modified to align with the NERC UFLS standard on the basis that they are more stringent, add more detail or are not covered by the NERC standard. The following requirements were deleted since they were duplicative of the NERC UFLS standard: R3, R10, R13, R14 and R18.. The team also decided to replace the time vs. frequency table with the frequency curve listed in the NERC UFLS standard.

The SDT also discussed the comment regarding the time delay and declining inertia in the RFC footprint. The SDT agreed that the 20 cycles is still valid based on calculations and assumptions Rob performed back in 2008. Rob volunteered to draft up a response to the comment.

Jim Lewis also announced his future retirement (August timeframe) and thanked the members of the team and wished them luck. Tony and the team also thanked Jim for all his work and dedication throughout this project and wish him best in his retirement.

  1. Determine next steps.

With the requirements reviewed and modified, the SDT will begin reviewing and responding to all comments via a future conference call. Once all the comments are all addressed, the SDT will review/modify the measures, VSLs and VRFs along with looking at the recommendations submitted by NERC staff.

  1. Action Items
  2. Clean up revised standard based on the modifications (i.e. renumbering, addition of PRC-006-1 curve, etc.) – Tony
  3. Review and respond to all comments in which were addressed by the changes made during the meeting and send to Mark – Tony
  4. Assign SDT members to respond to certain sections of the comments – Mark
  5. Draft response to Ray Mason regarding time delay comment – Rob
  6. Add Barb Nutter to UFLS SDT email list - Tony
  1. Schedule Future Meeting/Conference Calls

Conference call - April 18th 1:00 – 4:00 ET ???

March 21st and 22nd, 2011 UFLS Draft Notes